Our Goal:

To support and promote quilting activities throughout the Province of Nova Scotia

We support our goal by:

* Providing a forum for quilters to meet and exchange ideas and expertise.

* Bringing quilt experts to Nova Scotia for lectures and workshops.

* Providing in-house quilt education.

* Providing support to the community through quilting projects.

* Fostering creativity and originality in quilting and needlework.

* Maintaining both the tradition and the history of quilting in Nova Scotia.

Our History

Mayflower Handquilters' Society was founded in 1974 by a group of quilters who were interested in exchanging quilt patterns, ideas and fabric.

The original founders were, at the time, attending a continuing education quilting class at Bicentennial Junior High School in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Since that time, Mayflower has undergone many changes, including a name change in 1998. We are now known as Mayflower Quilters' Guild. Membership has increased from the original 8 to approximately 250 today from around the Province, throughout Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. We continue to offer our membership a variety of workshops, lectures, in-house education and friendships.

Reference

Library

Mayflower Quilters Guild holds an extensive book and magazine collection. The library is housed at the Dartmouth North Community Centre and is open to all Mayflower members during the monthly meetings.

Newsletter

Points East is the name of Mayflower’s monthly newsletter and is mailed or emailed to all members of Mayflower and remains the “thread” that binds us together. Submissions are due on the 28th of each month.